
Bipartisanship is well and good, but sometimes what the Beltway really needs is glamor and a good ribbing. The 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner brought Hollywood stars and other celebrities to Washington, giving journalists a chance to think of themselves as something more than keyboard-pounding hacks for one glorious, well-lubricated evening. From Lindsay Lohan to Claire Danes, The Daily Beast rounds up the stars who migrated to the ballroom of the Washington Hilton to hear POTUS spin a yarn.
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Lindsay Lohan
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Claire Danes and Bob Schieffer

Charlize Theron
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Newt and Callista Gingrich
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Zooey Deschanel
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Sofía Vergara

Kim Kardashian
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Reese Witherspoon

Alicia Keys
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Kate Hudson

Dakota Fanning

Elle Macpherson

Diane Sawyer
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